5380 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 210 22 DECEMBER 2005

13.1.2 has the primary responsibility for
the day to day care of a child of the
applicant (an eligible child) or for
more than one eligible child; and

13.1.3 is (or is about to be) enrolled in a
course of education at secondary
level in a composite school, a
correspondence school, or a secondary
school.

13.2 Where clause 13.1 applies to an applicant, the
chief executive may, in his or her discretion
having regard to the matters set out in clause
13.3, grant young parent childcare payments
under this Part—

(a) for each eligible child of the applicant for
whom no payment of childcare assistance
under section 61GA of the Act is being
made; and

(b) for the attendance of the eligible child at
an approved early-childhood programme
during the applicant’s attendance at the
school or (in the case of a correspondence
school) equivalent study and for not more
than 40 weeks in a year.

13.3 The matters referred to in clause 13.2 are:

13.3.1 the level of the applicant’s educational
qualifications;

13.3.2 the likely benefit to the applicant of
participating in secondary education;

13.3.3 whether the applicant is likely to
participate or continue to participate in
secondary education without the
assistance of childcare payments;

13.3.4 whether it is reasonable to expect the
applicant, or the applicant’s spouse or
partner (if any), or the applicant’s
parents to provide financial support or
other support towards the applicant’s
childcare needs to enable the applicant
to participate in secondary education;

13.3.5 the availability of any suitable
secondary education or early childhood
education places, or both; and

13.3.6 any other matters the chief executive
considers relevant.

13.4 Nothing in this Part obliges the chief executive
to grant childcare payments to any particular
applicant.

14 Rate of childcare payments

14.1 The amount of childcare payments payable in
respect of any week is:
a – b but not more than c

14.2 No childcare payment is payable in respect of
any week in which b is greater than a.

14.3 In this clause—

a is the weekly cost—

(a) of the eligible child’s attendance at the
approved early-childhood programme
based on—

(i) the actual hourly fee payable; or

(ii) if a periodic flat fee is payable, the
average hourly fee payable obtained
by dividing the periodic flat fee by
the number of hours during the period

concerned for which the child is
enrolled to participate in the
programme; or

(b) where clause 15 applies, for keeping open
the eligible child’s place in that
programme

b is any payment made by a person other than
the applicant towards a calculated on a weekly
basis

c is $6.00 per hour multiplied by the number of
hours per week for which the child is enrolled
to participate in the programme but not more
than $180 a week.

15 Payment during absences of eligible child

15.1 If an approved early-childhood programme
charges a fee for holding open the places
of eligible children who are absent from
the programme when the programme is
available—

(a) childcare payments may continue to be
paid for an eligible child for any
continuous period of not more than
30 working days when the child is absent
from the programme because—

(i) the child or applicant is injured or ill;
or

(ii) of a family bereavement; or

(iii) the child is on holiday; or

(iv) of other reasonable circumstances;
and

(b) childcare payments may be ceased where
an eligible child is absent from the
programme for a continuous period of
15 working days or more and none of the
circumstances in paragraph (a) (i) to (iv)
exist.

16 Notification of absences of eligible child

16.1 It is a condition of any grant of childcare
payments under this Part that, within a
reasonable time after an eligible child for
whom childcare payments are granted is absent
from the approved early-childhood programme
concerned—

(a) the applicant must notify the approved
early-childhood service or early-childhood
care arranger (as the case may be) of the
child’s absence; and

(b) the approved early-childhood service or
approved early-childhood care arranger in
respect of the programme to whom any
payment of assistance is made under
clause 17.1 must notify an officer of the
department and the appropriate Family
Start or Early Start worker of the child’s
absence.

16.2 Nothing in clause 16.1 (a) limits the applicant’s
obligations under section 80A of the Act
(as applied to this programme by clause 4.1).

17 Childcare payments usually payable to approved
early-childhood service or early-childhood care
arranger

17.1 Childcare payments under this Part must be
paid for each eligible child (as the case may
be) to—